For example: Janine has custody of her two daughters, aged 14 and 15, from her first marriage, and her son, age 6,from her second. Her 1st husband has never taken any interest in, and little reponsibility for the girls. Her second ex, Todd, has been an adequate, though from Janine's view, well below superb, father to their son, and also tried to be decent to her daughters. Though three children would like to stay together, Janine reluctantly recognizes that this can't be paramount in her decision. Janine's sister, Brenda, is close to the daugthers and would, Janine strongly believes, be a much better personal guardian for them than Todd. But Todd would certainly want and be entitled to custody of their son. A parent raising a child may not want the other parent to have custody, for any of a number of reasons. The custodial parent may believe that the other parent is dangerously destructive, emotionally or pshysically
hear russian in every part of estonia. Owing to the fact that I have studied Russian six years in school and I have had quite a lot of practise too, I still could not speak it very well. In Pärnu i trained in gym whrere most of the people were russians so i had some practice but still i am not very good at speaking russian. I have to admit that i do not like russian. Ido not know why but when i really need to speak in russian I do it quite reluctantly. A few weeks ago I started to continue my studies in Tallinn University of Technology and languages are one of the main part of the learning process in TUT. I had to choose besides english one more mandatory language. I chose German. Since the beginning there has been about three or four german lessons and i have realized that german is quite similiar with english and in my opininion that makes learning much more easier. I also like the lecturer Mr. Berestovski
113. enigmatic- mõistatuslik 114. placidly- rahulikult 115. adorned- kaunistatud 116. bequeath- pärandama 117. close collaboration tihedas koostöös 118. developing what they believe arendavad seda mida usuvad 119. result of evidence uncovered tulemusena tõendid avastatud 120. whereabouts asukoht 121. spokesman appealed pressiesindaja kaebas 122. dependency-sõltuvus 123. perils-ohtudest 124. obsolescence-iganemine 125. drudgery-tööorjus 126. reluctantly-vastumeelselt 127. genuine-tõeline 128. transfer-ülekanne 129. mortgage-hüpoteek 130. withdrawal-tagasivõtmine 131. transaction-tehing 132. conseutive-järjest 133. pinch-näputäis 134. indebted-tänu võlgu 135. temporary - ajutine 136. measures-meetmed 137. fundamental restatement-põhiõiguste korrigeerimine 138. fiscal-maksukoguja 139. confidence-usaldus 140. monetary-rahaline 141. commitments-kohustused 142. requirements-nõuded 143
Plot Overview An imaginative and mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. After playing hooky from school on Friday and dirtying his clothes in a fight, Tom is made to whitewash the fence as punishment on Saturday. At first, Tom is disappointed by having to forfeit his day off. However, he soon cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work. He trades these treasures for tickets given out in Sunday school for memorizing Bible verses and uses the tickets to claim a Bible as a prize. He loses much of his glory, however, when, in response to a question to show off his knowledge, he incorrectly answers that the first two disciples were David and Goliath. Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get “engaged” to him. Their romance collapses when she le...
happy. Tom knows that he has won and to taunt Gatsby he lets Gatsby and Daisy ride together back to East Egg. Tom doesn't seem to care much that his mistress was killed but he seizes the opportunity to hurt Gatsby. He tells vengeful George Wilson who is the owner of the car Tom drove earlier and because of that George goes and shoots Gatsby killing him instantly. After that Tom and Daisy move away and don't come back for Gatsby's funeral. When Nick encounters Tom in New York he reluctantly shakes hands with Tom because Nick is mad that Gatsby died because of Tom. ,,I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. . . ."
develop special breathing skills. His training included extreme distance shooting (up to 1,100 meters), and the use of camouflage ghillie suits. Fuqua appointed Garrity as the film's military technical advisor. Plot: Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), a retired USMC Force Recon Gunnery Sergeant and Scout Sniper, is one of the few snipers in the world whose marksmanship abilities allow him to take out a target from a mile away. He reluctantly leaves from his isolated mountain home in the Wind River Range at the request of Colonel Isaac Johnson (Danny Glover). Johnson appeals to Swagger's expertise and patriotism to help track down an assassin who plans on shooting the president from a great distance with a high powered rifle. Johnson gives him a list of three cities where the President is scheduled to visit so Swagger can determine if an attempt could be made at any of them.
The monster concludes its story with a demand that Frankenstein create for it a female companion like itself. It argues that as a living thing, it has a right to happiness and that Victor, as its creator, has a duty to obey it, with the chilling words, "You are my creator, but I am your master. Obey!" It promises that if Victor grants its request, it and its mate will vanish into the wilderness of South America uninhabited by man, never to reappear. Fearing for his family, Victor reluctantly agrees and travels to England to do his work. He is accompanied by Clerval, but they separate in Scotland. Through their travels, Victor suspects that the monster is following him. Working on a second being on the Orkney Islands, he is plagued by premonitions of what his work might wreak, particularly as creating a mate for the creature might lead to the breeding of an entire race of monsters that could plague mankind. He destroys the unfinished
persuasive veenev, sisendusjõuline proof asitõend, tõendus, kontrollimine, testimine attach arestima, lisama statement konto väljavõte, väljakirjutas, aruanne, andmik, arutlus evidence tõend, tõendmine, tunnistus, tunnistama conscientious südametunnistuse järgi toimiv, kohusetundlik superb ülim, suurepärane decent korralik, sünnis, kombekas reluctantly vastumeelne, vastumeelselt paramount tähtsaim, esmajärguline, ebatavaline entitle õigusi millekski andma, nime andma, pealkirjastama, volitama Lk 39 destructive purustav, häbistav, lõhkuv violence vägivald, vägivaldsus compel kohustama, sundima unfit kõlbmatu, sobimatu, võimetu absent äraolev, puuduv Lk 40 beyond peale, taga, üle, teisel pool
route through Canada to avoid detection. By the time of the Civil War, Douglass was one of the most famous black men in the country, known for his oratories on the condition of the black race, and other issues such as women's rights. Lincoln's death At Abraham Lincoln's memorial, Douglass was in the audience while a tribute to Lincoln was being given by a prominent lawyer. The tribute was not as successful as some of the audience there would have hoped. Reluctantly, Douglass was goaded by the people to stand up and speak. At first out of respect for the speaker he declined, but eventually he gave into the pressure and with no preparation gave a fantastic tribute to the President for which he received much respect. The crowd, roused by his speech, gave him a standing ovation. A witness later said, "I have heard Clay speak and many fantastic men, but never have I heard a speech as impressive as that." [citation needed] While this is anecdotal, it is a
y Glacier Bay, Alaska 1.1) Tao and Its Name y The name that can be named is not the eternal name y To communicate and describe this concept we need to give it name y But once we give it a name, it is bound to a certain object or concept, which Tao is not y If we say the source is Peter, then it can no longer be Wendy y But this source pervades all things, including Wendy, Peter, and Jane! y Forced to give this origin a name, we reluctantly call it "Tao", with the understanding that the origin which has no name is the true source y Forms are constantly changing shape, hence its name will change with it constantly y We call something that holds fluids a cup > y What do we call the cup is shattered? y So whatever name we choose for the source is not is everlasting name 1.2) Tao and Its Name y The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth
(B) accurate (C) standard (D) intricate 4. In order to detect the position of a particle, light must be reflected from it. (A) hue (B) location (C) magnitude (D) existence 5. In a recent newspaper poll, the compact disc was mentioned as the most popular medium of recorded music. (A) survey (B) account (C) illustration (D) convention LESSON 23 analogous approximately compel formidable intrusive periodically prone prophetic proportions readily reliably reluctantly renown sacrifice triumph analogous adj. alike in some way n. analogy Syn. similar to The action of light waves is analogous to the action of sound waves. The analogy between the behavior of the bacteria in the lab and in the human body is not clear. approximately adv. almost correct; not exact adj. approximate Syn. around v. approximate n. approximation
designed the Forth Bridge (1890) to resist wind loads 5.5 times those that toppled the Tay Bridge (Figure 20). The Forth Bridge's record was broken in 1917 when the Québec Bridge was finally completed, spanning the St Lawrence River near Québec (Canada) with an 1800ft (549m) cantilever span. Its predecessor failed in 1907 while under construction, killing 82 workmen and ending the career of one of America's most prominent engineers. Theodore Cooper had taken the commission reluctantly with a fee insufficient to hire assistants, to allow for written specifications, or to provide for on-site inspections. The design was not recalculated when Cooper, intent on exceeding the span of the record-holding Forth Bridge, increased it from 1600ft to 1800ft, which was ultimately to result in the failure of one of the main compression members of the lower chord in the south anchor. The second bridge also had its problems as well when one of the jacks failed while lifting the 5000 ton
They're all adopted. The Hales are brother and sister, twins -- the blondes -- and they're foster children." "They look a little old for foster children." "They are now, Jasper and Rosalie are both eighteen, but they've been with Mrs. Cullen since they were eight. She's their aunt or something like that." "That's really kind of nice -- for them to take care of all those kids like that, when they're so young and everything." "I guess so," Jessica admitted reluctantly, and I got the impression that she didn't like the doctor and his wife for some reason. With the glances she was throwing at their adopted children, I would presume the reason was jealousy. "I think that Mrs. Cullen can't have any kids, though," she added, as if that lessened their kindness. Throughout all this conversation, my eyes flickered again and again to the table where the strange family sat. They continued to look at the walls and not eat. "Have they always lived in Forks?" I asked
At some level, however, she must have realized that her pain originated within herself, that she was a burden to herself. She was ready to awaken, and this is why she had come. I directed the focus of her attention to what she was feeling inside her body and asked her to sense the emotion directly, instead of through the filter of her unhappy thoughts, her unhappy story. She said she had come expecting me to show her the way out of her unhappiness, not into it. Reluctantly, however, she did what I asked her to do. Tears were rolling down her face, her whole body was shaking. “At this moment, this is what you feel.” I said. “There is nothing you can do about the fact that at this moment this is what you feel. Now, instead of wanting this moment to be different from the way it is, which adds more pain to the pain that is already there, is it possible for you to completely accept that this is what you feel right now?” She was quiet for a moment
Wow! This is the first time I've been less than 215 since my freshman year of college! I hit a bit of a plateau after getting down to 220 on Christmas. I was eating the same, drinking the same, etc and stayed at 220! So how did I get over this plateau?? By eating more! Can you believe the awesomeness of this lifestyle? Tim had posted ... to eat at least 30g of protein upon waking, and to up the water even more so. Reluctantly I enlarged my breakfast and lunch portions and BAM! Skip breakfast, forget to eat within one hour of waking, and you will fail. MISTAKE #2: NOT EATING ENOUGH PROTEIN Get at least 20 grams of protein per meal. This is absolutely most critical at breakfast. Eating at least 40% of your breakfast calories as protein will decrease carb impulses and promote a negative fat balance. Even 20% protein-- more than most people consume--doesn't cut it. First choice: down two to three whole eggs at
rect account of Romeo's metaphorical utterance, but only evidence that the eavesdropper's mental architecture was causally different from Romeo's and from ours. Moreover, as Goodman (1981) urges, Davidson cannot allow for meta- phorical truth. If metaphorical utterances have only literal meaning, there being no other candidate for a bearer of truth-value, they will normally be false and only occasionally and accidentally true. But remember (however reluctantly) the prevalence of nonliteral usage. Even if we discount uncon- troversially "dead" metaphor, few human utterances are entirely free of Metaphor 179 metaphorical elements. If metaphorical utterances are rarely true, then utter- ances are rarely true. Finally, Moran (1997: 263) notes that, when a metaphor dies, the relevant expression acquires a new literal meaning and accordingly gets an additional dictionary entry
"Hey," he murmured, wrapping his arms around me. "Is this about me being an ass at lunch? Or whatever it is you need to say to me? Talk to me, Eva, so I can tell you it'll be okay." I nuzzled my nose between his pecs, feeling the tickle of crisp chest hair against my cheek and breathing in the reassuring, familiar scent of his skin. "You should sit down. I have to tell you things about me. Ugly things." Gideon reluctantly let me go when I pulled away from him. I curled up on his couch with my legs tucked underneath me and he poured us both glasses of golden wine before taking a seat. Leaning toward me, he draped one arm over the back of the sofa and held his glass with the other hand, giving me every bit of his attention. "Okay. Here goes." I took a deep breath before starting, feeling dizzy from the elevated rate of my pulse. I couldn't remember the last time I'd been so nervous or sick to my stomach.
But Hitchcock does the unthinkable and kills our hero halfway through the story. T h i s is one Ordeal that is final for the hero. N o reprieve, no resurrection, no curtain call for M a r i o n . T h e effect is shattering. You get that odd feeling o f being a disembodied ghost, floating around the frame as you watch Marion's blood pour down the drain. W h o to identify with? W h o to be? Soon it's clear: Hitchcock is giving you no one to identify with but Norman. Reluctantly we enter Norman's mind, see the story through his eyes, and even begin to root for him as our new hero. At first we're supposed to think N o r m a n is covering up for his insane mother, but later we discover N o r m a n himself was the killer. W e have been walking around in the skin of a psycho. Only a master like Hitchcock can pull off such a defiance of the rules about heroes, death, and Ordeals. FACING T H E G R E A T E S T FEAR